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1st Year Science students go on Ecology trip

1st Year students on their Ecology Trip Photo by: Ms. O'Sullivan
NEWS / 12 May 2014

Ms.O'Sullivan brought the 1st Year students to Dublin Zoo on Thursday, 8th May for their Ecology trip.

Ms.O'Sullivan brought 1st Year and a number of 2nd Year students to Dublin Zoo on Thursday, 8th May for their Ecology trip. (Click on blog title for more photos) 

Sum Yi Choy describes her first visit to Dublin Zoo. "Last Thursday I went to the Zoo with the first years for an ecology trip. It was very interesting and we had great fun! It was quite amazing for me to see the giraffes - it was the first time that I had ever seen them!"

"For our ecology trip we went to the Phoenix Park to study the grassland." (Sam McAfee)

"On May the 8th, first year went to the Zoo for an ecology trip. It was very wet but we did do all of the experiments and we finished off by writing up our experiments and conclusions." (Eoin Little)

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